I changed my front pads this weekend, which was suprisingly easy to do, but I have a few questions for you guys that are more experienced with this sought of thing:

1. I wanted to bleed and change the fluid on all the lines (I bought a 1 man bleed kit) but the rear screws would not come un done with the tools I had. I changed the fronts and bled them, I was wondering if it is OK to just do the backs now that Im at home with proper tools, or if it's advised to redo all of them

2. The Stainless steel (?) lines running along the passenger side under a plastic shield (there are four of them) seem corroded, are these gas lines or brake lines and is this normal wear?

3. The rotor surfaces are nice and smooth but the sides are rusty, is this normal, or should I consider new rotors?

4. Oh yeah one more thing, the shield behind the front passenger tire (covering the belts) dry rotted off and was hanging down so I cut it off. How long can this go before I replace it and where should I get one, the junk yard?

Thanks once again, guys.

 

wait i notice you said passenger side? is this a typo? i have a VE and they run on the drivers side?


about # 2
i was traveling 100 mph on a hot day from NH to my home in MA
NO PROBLEMS
got home. 1 hr later i go to get milk at store, on the way back my ebrake light when on, i was like WTF?? i got to my drive way(moderatly steep hill) and i push the brake pedal to the floor. i get out and im pouring brake fluid from under that plastic shield, i ripped it off and the lines are rusted to ****. i got it towed to my work the next day (land rover shop) and i replaced all 4 lines
i believe the 2 5/16" lines are the brake lines and the 1 3/8s line is the gas line and the other 3/8" is the evap line.
all 4 were rusted trhough.

i replaved them with s.steel lines bought at the hardware store and compression fittings. i only replaced that section from the firewall, back to when the gas lines stop running with the brake lines.

my car was undercoated with this black tar stuff. the coatedd the shield and not the lines, so water and salt is spun up from the front wheels and hit those lines. i covered the new lines with red greese and put the shield back up. if you undercoat the lines i think a stone would get spun up and scape some undercoating off, and then water could get in and seep UNDER the rest of the undercoating

phew that was a doozie

-andy
good luck

 

i covered the new lines with red greese and put the shield back up. if you undercoat the lines i think a stone would get spun up and scape some undercoating off, and then water could get in and seep UNDER the rest of the undercoating

phew that was a doozie

-andy
good luck[/QUOTE]


Good undercaoting is designed not to chip from rocks and to seal out water, Under coating your lines would protect them way more than red grease

 

Thanks for the tips Andy, the belts are on the passenger side, its a VG.

 

what do you recommend as a good undercoating agent?
the only stuff i've been exposed to is wax-oyl, the aerosol Car-Quest stuff, and a custom mix my grandfather uses of 90wt and diesel fuel
-andy